Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) stunned CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the UnionSunday with a scorched earth rant on far-Right House members.
“So, you voted yes on the foreign aid package,” Bash addressed Gonzales. “Do you have confidence that at this point, given that it is still possible that Marjorie Taylor Greene will push to vacate, to kick (Mike Johnson) out of the Speaker’s chair, that he can survive?”
“He will survive,” Gonzales said. “Look, the House is a rough and rowdy place, but Mike Johnson is gonna be just fine.”
First Republican representatives Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher resigned in protest of what’s happening in their party and left early to make it hurt. Earlier I read about a Murdoch-owned, Trump “favorite” newspaper mocking MTG with the headline “Nyet, Moscow Marjorie”. Now there’s this story. Maybe, just maybe, we’re starting to hit the limits of what GOP extremist politicians can do openly without self-sabotaging consequences. The timing of this infighting erupting into public view is just icing on the cake.
But, crucially, just late enough so there’s no interim member in their seat.
But not enough of a spine to flip their votes and actually help
Yeah. It’s interesting. It’s good but it’s not great I guess?
THEN, there’s a rumor more House Republicans will resign if Johnson is ousted.
Edit: Wait, there’s more!